Man-Yeon Choi to head up Korea for BlackRock

Man-Yeon Choi has been appointed as country head for Korea at BlackRock, effective from June 3 this year.

Reporting to Andrew Reynolds, chief financial officer and head of corporate strategy Asia Pacific, Mr. Choi will be responsible for overseeing and leading all of BlackRock’s Korea business interests, and driving its local market strategy across all client groups.

Mr. Choi brings with him almost three decades of deep local and international investment and sales industry experience, institutional know-how and an exceptional track record. He joins from Schroder Investment Management, where he was head of sales in Korea. Prior to that he spent more than 15 years with Korea Investment Trust Co across a number of roles including global investment, portfolio management, research and sales in the US and Korea.

Mr. Reynolds said: “We are delighted to be welcoming someone of Man-Yeon’s calibre to the team to help us drive our Korea operations into its next phase of expansion. Korea is a very dynamic and competitive market for investment and wealth management in the region with huge growth potential. Local success is critical to the growth of our regional business.”